Opportunities and challenges to telemedicine in rural America
Abstract
Rural communities have chronically suffered from a lack of adequate health care resources. Too few primary care practitioners and the need to travel long distances for specialty care have made it difficult for many rural residents to receive the care they need when they need it. Telemedicine provides one tool for improving this situation. As is often the case, however, telemedicine's potential has not been realized in rural America. Significant technical, regulatory, organizational, and financial barriers have prevented rural communities from benefiting from the technology. This paper discusses these issues and suggests a prescription for establishing successful rural telemedicine programs.
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Remote rural communities have been the primary beneficiaries of telemedicine implementation.
“Accordingly, remote rural communities have been the primary beneficiaries of telemedicine implementation.'”
From Pre-experience Perceptions About Telemedicine Among African Americans and Latinos in South Central Los Angeles (2009) · cites this paper as [7]
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- Authors
- Puskin, D. S.
- Affiliations
- United States Department of Health and Human Services (US)
- Corresponding author
- Puskin, Dena S.
- Venue
- Journal of Medical Systems
- Published
- 1995-02
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 59-67
- ISSN
- 0148-5598 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-689X
- OpenAlex
- W2052249393
- Cited by
- 66
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 7.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Medical Systems (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Emergency Medical Services › Global Health Workforce Issues
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Keywords
- telemedicine, rural health care, primary care workforce shortage, access to specialist care, telehealth adoption barriers, health technology adoption, health care regulation, rural America
- MeSH terms
- Delivery of Health Care, Diffusion of Innovation, Health Policy, Humans, Rural Health, United States, Telemedicine, Community Health Planning
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